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Idiom #36 First-class function : generic composition

Implement a function compose which returns composition function g ∘ f for any functions f and g having exactly 1 parameter.

-spec compose(fun((X) -> Y), fun((Y) -> Z)) -> fun((X) -> Z).
compose(F, G) -> fun(X) -> G(F(X)) end.
(comp g f)

Function composition is already a function in Clojure's core API. It has no restriction on numbers of parameters.

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